Acute Asthma Intensity Research Score: updated performance characteristics for prediction of hospitalization and lung function

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Center for Asthma Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: don.arnold@vanderbilt.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Center for Asthma Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

Donald H Arnold et al. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2015 Jul.

. 2015 Jul;115(1):69-70.

doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2015.03.020. Epub 2015 Apr 15.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Center for Asthma Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: don.arnold@vanderbilt.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Center for Asthma Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

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